Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National ParkThe ice in glaciers has been under enormous pressure for eons. The compression eliminates air and reflective surfaces within the ice. Some glaciers are very old, while some are younger. Icebergs that come from young glac...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National ParkThe ice in glaciers has been under enormous pressure for eons. The compression eliminates air and reflective surfaces within the ice. Some glaciers are very old, while some are younger. Icebergs that come from young glac...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National ParkThe ice in glaciers has been under enormous pressure for eons. The compression eliminates air and reflective surfaces within the ice. Some glaciers are very old, while some are younger. Icebergs that come from young glac...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National ParkThe ice in glaciers has been under enormous pressure for eons. The compression eliminates air and reflective surfaces within the ice. Some glaciers are very old, while some are younger. Icebergs that come from young glac...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National ParkThe ice in glaciers has been under enormous pressure for eons. The compression eliminates air and reflective surfaces within the ice. Some glaciers are very old, while some are younger. Icebergs that come from young glac...

By Peter Prokosch

Blosseville Coast South of the Scoresbysund, East GreenlandIn contrast to the flat coastline of Jamson Land in the North of Scoresbysund, the South coast is dominated by peaky mountains. The Scoresbysund area has a long and varied Earth history, which spans almost 3 billion year...

By Peter Prokosch

Jökulsárlón, glacial lake, IcelandJökulsárlón (literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake afte...

By Peter Prokosch

Jökulsárlón, glacial lake, IcelandJökulsárlón (literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake afte...

By Peter Prokosch

Vatnajöküll glacier and National Park, smoke from volcanic eruption in background, September 2014Vatnajökull National Park, established in 2008, encompasses not only all of Vatnajökull glacier but also extensive surrounding areas. These include the national parks previously existing at Skaftafell in the south and Jö...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier front at Hornsund, SvalbardThe Hornsund in Southern Svalbard is the main research area of the isolated Polish Arctic Research Station.

By Peter Prokosch

Pieces of melting glacier ice stranded near Ny Ålesund, SvalbardResearch shows that the glaciers in Svalbard are melting and getting smaller. This is taking place because the climate has become generally warmer in the past 100 years. Higher air temperatures have brought a more rapid ...

By Peter Prokosch

Pieces of melting glacier ice stranded near Ny Ålesund, SvalbardResearch shows that the glaciers in Svalbard are melting and getting smaller. This is taking place because the climate has become generally warmer in the past 100 years. Higher air temperatures have brought a more rapid ...

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains in South Spitsbergen, SvalbardPointed mountains, after those "Spitsbergen" was was once named by Willem Barentsz, are appearing out of clouts and glaciers when approaching the high Arctic archipelago by plane from the South

By Peter Prokosch

Ice blocks falling from a glacier front in SvalbardResearch shows that the glaciers in Svalbard are melting and getting smaller. This is taking place because the climate has become generally warmer in the past 100 years. Higher air temperatures have brought a more rapid ...

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains at Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular.

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains and glaciers at Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular. Tourism in Antarctica started w...

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains and glaciers at Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular.

By Peter Prokosch

Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular.

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains and glaciers at Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular.

By Peter Prokosch

Mountains and glaciers at Arctowski Peninsular, Orne Habor, Gerlache Strait, Antarctic peninsularOrne Habour (believed to have been named by Norwegian whalers before 1913) with its steep mountains and calving glaciers is often visited by cruise ships visiting the Antarctic peninsular.